> Didn't I see here a while back someone saying that > you should prune plants after wintering over? > How much, and when should I do that, I kept a chile plant alive for 3 years and pruned it heavily on the advice of a neighbor who did a lot more gardening than me. You have to be merciless, really get rid of everything that either looks bad or looks like it might go bad. I ended up with a pathetic looking stick in a 10 inch pot with one or two small branches. Kinda broke my heart to see it that way. But when I set it out in the spring it responded beautifully. Scott... KCK